bIG fLAME were a post punk/Indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester in England and active from 1983 to 1986. Their members were Alan Brown (bass, vocals), Greg Keeffe (guitar) and Dil Green (drums). After a debut single (Sink) on their own Laughing Gun label, they joined the Ron Johnson roster for a series of definitive mid-eighties singles as well as an appearance on the NME's near-legendary C86 compilation. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ron Johnson Records was an UK independent record label operating between 1983 and 1988. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... The C86 Cassette Sleeve. ...

On the reverse of the "Two Kan Guru" compilation, it was jokingly stated that Green and Brown played in the original line up of Wham! with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley; incredibly, this was accepted as fact by many people. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γιώργος-Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου), better known as George Michael (born on June 25, 1963) is an English [1] singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo WHAM!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. ...

In addition to releasing 5 singles and a compilation EP, bIG fLAME also recorded four sessions for the John Peel Show. Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ...

After the band split, Brown formed Great Leap Forward, while Keeffe joined Meatmouth (with Mark Whittam and Nicholas Blincoe) who released "Meatmouth is murder" on Factory Records, Fac196. The Great Leap Forward was a band formed by former bIG fLAME member Alan Brown, when his previous band split up in 1987. ... Nicholas Blincoe is an English author, critic and screenwriter. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ...

After a break from music, Alan Brown teamed up with Daren Garratt (of Pram) and Vince Hunt (of A Witness) in the band Marshall Smith, releasing an album 'Colours' in 2006. Pram are an electronica band, formed in Birmingham, England in the 1990. ... A Witness were an alternative rock band formed in 1985 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, by Rick Aitken, Keith Curtis, Vince Hunt and a drum machine, later replaced by Alan Brown (of bIG fLAME fame). ...

Discography

• Sink/Illness/Sometimes - 7" EP, Laughing Gun Records (own label), 1984
• Rigour - 7" EP, Ron Johnson Records, 1985
• Tough - 7" EP, Ron Johnson Records, 1985
• Two Kan Guru (compilation) - 10" EP, Ron Johnson Records, 1985
• Why Popstars Can't Dance - 7" EP, Ron Johnson Records, 1986
• Cubist Pop Manifesto - 7" EP & 12" EP, Ron Johnson / Constrictor Records, 1986
• Rigour - CD compilation of all the above, Drag City Records, 1996

Gregg is really useless at guitar!!! + criticism!

External links

• Fan site with good information on Ron Johnson Records
• bIG fLAME's own myspace acct
• bIG fLAME official website